on an 04 - 06 4x4 with only a 2.5 inch leveling kit. Need the pros and cons of doing this. Also need to know what size of aftermarket rim and what the backspacing is. Thanks

 

A lot of people are running 35x12.50's on 04-06 4x4's by using a leveling kit and the OEM 7.5 inch wide wheels. If you want an aftermarket wheel, I'd stick with 33's. The backspacing on the OEM wheels is 5.5 inches. Try to stay close to that.

 

im running a cooper discover stt 35x12.50x18, on a set of 18" helo max 6, with 5.5 backspacing, and the wheel is 9 inches wide. my truck is a 05 F150 KR 4x4 with only the 2.5 leveling kit. I had to do some very minor triming to the inside top part of the fender well, you know the black plastic stuff up under there. i have no rubbing what so ever, only on full articulation do i get a very minor rub somewhere, i havent located it yet.

Performance, isnt amazing, i can still turn em over if i punch it for about a foot but then they catch, if i powerbreak, i can turn em over all day long. but it still gets going, i deff get worse gas millage, i went from 18 mpg to about 12.5 13 with a heavy foot so be expected to fill up a little more often but it is so worth it. the truck actually looks like a truck, i get compliments all the time, girls are like, is that your truck.... , i was also told that i couldnt fit 35s, but i did the math and realized i could.

Final opinion, do, it will make your truck look awesome i swear by it. if anybody can help me, i have a camera phone, how can i take a picture of my truck and post it..??

 

Would definitly like to see pics.

 

what camara ? i have the software for the nextels cuZ i really want to see how it looks because i would love 35's also

 

Come on Bofer, post some pics for everyone to see. How much trimming did you have to do and was it just on the plastic wheel well liner or did you have to cut into any of the metal ? Pictures man, need pictures !!

 

Ok ready.Take the pictures on your camera phone.Send them via e-mail to your home e-mail address.open the e-mails up open the pictures,then save the pic to your picture file on your computer.Then attach your pictures here when you post your pics.
If you have a nextell,there is a 22 cent charge per picture you send to your e-mail account.
Make sure you set your camera phone to the best quality picture, and set your picture size to the biggest format possible.This will get you the best results on your pics!

 

I am running 35's and loving it. I was once on this site searching tirelessly through the posts and finally got some good information, (Thank You Wandell). I have a 2005 FX4 and I added:

3" Leveling Kit
315/70/17 BFG AT's
17" Eagle Alloy 187's
5" backspacing

The tires do stick out a little but my truck does finally look like a truck. 315's are doable with the right research and I too had to do a little trimming. Well worth shaving some plastic for the looks I get wen I go to the store...

 

Thanks Werther316, and you're right, Wandell has helped allot of us. Are you sure of your backspace measurement ? Eagle's website show the #187's with a 4.6" backspace.

 

Dog'em when I ordered the 187's the vendor gave me 2 options for backspacing. They were, I believe, 4.6" and 5". I even when back to the work order and looked. The workorder for the shop that did the work shows Eagle Alloy 187's 5" backspacing. Hope this helps... I have attached the link for you to review:

http://www.aewheel.com/eagle_alloy_wheels.cfm?id=273

Specs
Look at part number:1879-8994 and I believe you are dead on with the backspacing being 4.625. Not sure why they told me 5 but they did. Dog'em, to be honest I am just glad they work. I drove myself crazy looking through these post and am happy to have just found something that would let me run 35's.

 

I hear ya man. I've been trying to gather information from every source available in order to make it work with 35's. I think I am going with a 17x8 rim with 5.4 in backspace and hopefully it all works.